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Resumen El propósito de este artículo es desambiguar el concepto de "eutanasia", describir las conductas que equivocadamente son asociadas a ella, y diferenciar aquellas que no son eutanasia de aquella única que sí lo es. Además, se hacen las consideraciones bioéticas mínimas en relación con los términos de "eutanasia", "matar" y "dejar morir", y se discuten en pacientes conscientes e inconscientes.
Abstract The purpose of this original paper is to clarify the term "euthanasia", describing the varied conducts wrongly associated with it and distinguishing those that are not euthanasia from the only one that certainly is. Additionally, basic bioethical considerations are presented regarding the terms "euthanasia," "killing" and "letting die," and discussed in relation to conscious and unconscious patients.
Resumo O objetivo deste artigo é desambiguar o conceito de eutanásia, descrever as condutas que, de forma equivocada, são associadas a ele e diferenciar as que não são eutanásia daquela única que realmente é. Além disso, são feitas considerações bioéticas mínimas quanto aos termos "eutanásia", "matar" e "deixar morrer", os quais são discutidos com relação a pacientes conscientes e inconscientes.
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Humans , Euthanasia , Euthanasia, Active , Value of Life , Ethics , JurisprudenceABSTRACT
El progreso de la ciencia médica y sus efectos sobre el ser humano encuentran en la muerte un límite ético a sus posibilidades. El progreso médico, en ocasiones, se opone a los derechos de los pacientes, apareciendo la eutanasia como uno de sus principales conflictos. La discusión bioética debe resolver el dilema sobre permitir o no la muerte de todo paciente terminal que así lo desee. Algunas legislaciones han permitido la eutanasia, basadas en la autonomía del paciente, cuando aparecen situaciones que no permiten una buena calidad de vida en pacientes que padecen enfermedades terminales. El propósito de este artículo es realizar un análisis acerca de la eutanasia con el objetivo de clarificar los conceptos, sus aspectos bioéticos y realizar un análisis del proyecto de ley que pretende aprobar la eutanasia en Chile, encontrándose en dicho proyecto muchas contradicciones dentro del mismo y en relación con la legislación chilena en general.
The progress of medical science and their effect on the human being find in the death the ethical limits to their possibilities. The medical science, sometimes, opposes to the patients rights, so appear the euthanasia like one of these principals' troubles. The bioethics discussion must to resolve the question about to permit the possibilities of death to all terminals patients who don't want to continue with their lives. Some legislation has permitted the euthanasia based on autonomy of the patients when some situation doesn't permit one well quality of life in patients with terminal illness. The purpose of this paper is to make an analysis about the euthanasia with the object to clarify some concepts, their bioethical aspects and to analyze the Chilean project of law which pretends to regulate the euthanasia, finding many contradictions inside the project and in their relation with the Chilean legislation in general.
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Humans , Right to Die/ethics , Right to Die/legislation & jurisprudence , Euthanasia/classification , Euthanasia/ethics , Euthanasia/legislation & jurisprudence , Euthanasia/psychology , Patient Rights/classification , Patient Rights/ethics , Patient Rights/legislation & jurisprudence , Bioethical Issues/legislation & jurisprudence , Suicide, Assisted/classification , Suicide, Assisted/legislation & jurisprudence , Suicide, Assisted/psychologyABSTRACT
BACKGROUND: Recently, the legal and ethical issues relative to euthanasia are becoming controversial in Korea. This study was designed to verify the differences of the attitudes on euthanasia between judicial apprentices and residents. METHODS: The questionnaire was conducted on the 35th-group of the judicial apprentices on March 24, 2004, and on the residents from April 2 to May 22, 2004. The respondents were 636 in total consisting of 460 judicial apprentices and 176 residents. RESULTS: Of the total 636 subjects, 373 (81.1%) of the judicial apprentices and 149 (84.7%) of residents agreed that allowing euthanasia is moral, without any significant difference (P>0.05). The number of residents was greater (59 people, 33.5%) than that of judicial apprentices (112 people, 24.4%) who agreed with active euthanasia (P0.05). But, among these supporters, the respondents who agreed on active euthanasia were significantly different in number between judicial apprentices (n=93, 23.4%) and residents (n=54, 33.8%) (P<0.05). CONCLUSION: This study did not find any significant differences between the two groups in the necessity of the law for euthanasia, but the rate of agreement on active euthanasia was higher in residents group than in judicial apprentices group.
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Surveys and Questionnaires , Ethics , Euthanasia , Euthanasia, Active , Euthanasia, Passive , Jurisprudence , KoreaABSTRACT
Modern medical ethics adopts the model of ethical analysis based on principles which contain the characteristics of clarity,definitude and succinctness.To some extent,this model of ethical analysis accommodates pluralism and avoids relativism.However,in the particular decision-making of medical ethics,there may be conflicts among the different moral principles,which cause difficult moral problems.This article tries to rank and demonstrate the order of four basic principles in medical ethics in order to provide a specific thought for resolving difficult moral problems caused by conflicting principles.